Biography
Willie K. Harrison graduated with his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 2007 from Utah State University. He graduated with his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2012 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with research focusing on physical-layer security, error-control coding, and cryptography. From 2012 to 2017, Dr. Harrison worked as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, and he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty at Brigham Young University in the fall of 2017. Dr. Harrison was made Associate Professor in 2021. His research interests are coding for secrecy, algebraic coding structures, continuous phase modulation waveforms, and sports performance analytics.
Research Interests
Physical-layer security, error-control coding, cryptography, information theory, machine learning, graph theory, network coding, software radios, signal & image processing, telecommunications, and sports performance analytics.Teaching Interests
Dr. Harrison has previously taught information theory, coding theory, machine learning, digital signal processing, digital communications, random processes, probability and statistics, satellite communications, signals and systems, freshman seminar for engineers.Education
- PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology (2012)
- BS, Electrical Engineering , Utah State University (2007)
- MS, Electrical Engineering , Utah State University (2007)
Honors and Awards
- Cliff Aggen Award for Graduate Student Papers - ITC 2023, International Foundation for Telemetering (ITC Conference) (2023 - 2023)
- Third Place Paper Award, i-ETC Conference (2023 - 2023)
- Most Influential Faculty Member Award, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, BYU (2022 - 2023)
- Best Paper Award, International Telemetering Conference, 2022 (2022 - 2022)
- Engineering Faculty Development Fellowship, BYU Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering (2021 - 2021)
- Inspiring Learning Award Nomination, BYU (2021 - 2021)
- IEEE Senior Member, IEEE (2020 - 2020)
- Graduate Research Fellowship for One of my Students, National Science Foundation (2019 - 2019)
- Fourth Place Paper Award, MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (2017 - 2017)
- Teacher of the Year Award, College of Applied Science, UCCS (2015 - 2016)
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech (2007 - 2008)
Memberships
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineerings (IEEE) (2010 - Present)
- IEEE Information Theory Society (2009 - Present)
- Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society (2007 - Present)
Professional Citizenship
- Editor, Associate Editor, Entropy Journal (2022 - Present)
- Member, Entropy Journal's Topic Advisory Panel (2022 - Present)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (2018 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (2018 - 2024)
- Committee/Council Member, International Conference on Communications: Machine Learning for Communications and Networking Symposium (2022 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Communications (2018 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, International Conference on Communications: Communication Theory Symposium (2023 - 2023)
- Committee/Council Member, International Conference on Communications: Wireless Communications Symposium (2017 - 2023)
- Committee/Council Member, IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking (ICMLCN) (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Communications Letters (2020 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Global Communications Conference (2020 - 2023)
- Committee/Council Chair, Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2023-Spring (2022 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Cryptography Journal (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Lightwave Technology (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Communications Magazine (2019 - 2023)
- Committee/Council Chair, IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (2022 - 2022)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Entropy Journal (2017 - 2022)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2018 - 2022)
- Conference-Related Role, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (2022 - 2022)
- Grant Proposal Reviewer, External, National Science Foundation (2021 - 2021)
- Committee/Council Member, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (2017 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (2021 - 2021)
- Other, National Science Foundation (2021 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Physical Communication Journal (2019 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory (2020 - 2020)
- Grant Proposal Reviewer, External, National Science Foundation (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Network Magazine (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Aerospace Conference (2020 - 2020)
- Conference-Related Role, IEEE Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing Conference (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Sensors Journal (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Access (2019 - 2019)
- Grant Proposal Reviewer, External, National Science Foundation (2018 - 2018)
- Grant Proposal Reviewer, External, National Science Foundation (2018 - 2018)
- Conference-Related Role, IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (2018 - 2018)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IET Communications Journal (2017 - 2018)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (2018 - 2018)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Oxford University Press (2018 - 2018)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Information Visualization Journal (2017 - 2017)
- Committee/Council Member, The 8th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (2017 - 2017)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, CRC Press (2017 - 2017)